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Tuesday, 18 October 2016

RRS nabs man over visa racketeering, swindles victims off 2m

28 year old man, Emu-Larry Chidebere, has been
apprehended by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos
State Police Command, for allegedly involved in Obtain By Trick (OBT)
with a United Arab Emirate's visa racketeering in Ajah area of Lagos
State.

The
suspect, who hailed from Ika North Local Government Area of Delta
State, swindled one Abraham Jude and four other persons of N2,000,000.00under the pretence of helping them to procure a Dubai Visa.

According to Abraham, one of the victims,

“when I was laid off where I was working in Abuja. I had intention of
moving out of the country to start a new life. Then, I met his uncle,
Samuel Obed, who told me his nephew was working with one company at the
United Arab Emirate (UAE) and that he could help me to secure the
country’s visa…. We started to communicate via telephone, and he assured
me that he could secure Dubai Visa for me at a reasonable price. He
requested for N400, 000. 00, which I told him I can’t afford such huge
amount of money at that particular point in time.

''Later, he called me again that his work place in Dubai was recruiting
and he had already submitted my name for employment…. Afterwards, he
started to persuade me by telling me the benefits that are attached to
the employment. As a result of this, I began to source for the money by
all means, and at the end of the day, I got the N400, 000:00 and sent to
him in Dubai through his Access Bank account number: 0029521100," he
added.

Abraham
noted that, the suspect, after receiving the money developed hostile
attitude towards him, and eventually stopped picking his calls whenever
he put calls across to him.

“After two days he got the money, he stopped picking up my calls. Even
if he managed to pick the call, he will just tell me I shouldn’t bother
myself anymore that my money has gone down the drain. It was at this
point, I came to RRS to report the case. And the Policemen told me
anytime he is in Nigeria I should let them know,” he said.

RRS operatives were on his trail for four months monitoring his movement between Nigeria and Dubai.

“After four months, I got a hint that he had arrived the country but had
changed his telephone line. As fate would have it, I got his new line
and handed it over to the RRS officers, they took up the surveillance
from that end, which eventually led to his arrest,” he added.

In his confessional statement, he said

“I can’t deny the fact that I collected the N400, 00.00 from him. I
tried to secure the visa for him but all my efforts to do so were in
vain. And I started to spend the money gradually till I finished it
all.”

Investigators
revealed that Emu-Larry has under the guise of helping four other
victims from obtaining Dubai visa collected a total of N1.6 million from
them, and that some of them only came forward when they learnt that he
has been arrested.

While
confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer of Lagos
State, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus, said that Police will
not rest on its oars in protecting rights of any individual in the
country. The suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.